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loth
/ləʊt/
adj 1noun 1name 1
Collocations
2ADJ.
superior
LOTH + NOUN
e, lo, nature
Definitions
adj
1
Alternative form of loath.
I was loth to return to the office without the Henderson file.
If there bee never a Servant-monster i' the Fayre, who can helpe it, he sayes ; nor a nest of Antiques ? Hee is loth to make Nature afraid in his Playes, like those that beget Tales, Tempests, and such like Drolleries, […]
noun
1
A measure of weight formerly used in Germany, the Netherlands and some other parts of Europe, equivalent to half of the local ounce.
It is not a matter of body but of virtues, which is why the fifth essence was invented, of which one loth is superior to the twenty pounds of the body from which it was extracted.
name
1
A surname.
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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I was loth to return to the office without the Henderson file.
Wiktionary02
If there bee never a Servant-monster i' the Fayre, who can helpe it, he sayes ; nor a nest of Antiques ? Hee is loth to make Nature afraid in his Playes, like those that beget Tales, Tempests, and suc
Wiktionary03
Then ſaid Faint-heart, Deliver thy Purſe; but he making no haſte to do it (for he was loth to loſe his Money,) Miſtrust ran up to him, and thruſting his hand into his Pocket, pull'd out thence a bag o
Wiktionary04
It is not a matter of body but of virtues, which is why the fifth essence was invented, of which one loth is superior to the twenty pounds of the body from which it was extracted.
Wiktionary05
Yet he was loth to leave the spot, for the northern expanse became lost to view on retreating towards the village only a few hundred yards.
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